A prepositional phrase is made up of a preposition and its object: with cheese, on it, at the restaurant, of La Mancha. In each, ...

They can use prepositional phrases: With silver trim and an oversized trunk, Dave knew he’d found his car. [There’s nothing wrong with this sentence if Dave, not the car, is the one with ...

The prepositional phrase (“out of the egg”) first creates an image of something we already know. The directional verb (“came”) shows the movement towards us, the reader, as opposed to away ...

The phrase “in a hurry” is prepositional, too. You don’t want to eliminate it, because it describes her state, but you can make it shorter and snappier by changing the prepositional phrase into an ...